Devotional ivory diptych panel
A diptych leaf (dexter) in ivory, showing scenes of the labours of life in two registers. The upper shows the expulsion from the Garden of Eden and the lower register the results of the Fall, showing people toiling. One of the figures in the bottom register is damaged. May have once been attached to a larger object such as a manuscript. The style of carving on such items of the Gothic period refle…
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Contributors
- Unknown
Creator
- Unknown
Subject
- Medieval (European)
- Reading culture (devotional)
- WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Garden of Eden
- Adam and Eve
- Middle Ages
Type of item
- IMAGE
- religious art
- religious art
Date
- 14th century
- 14th century
- 13XX
- 14th century
Medium
- Ivory
- H 6.6 x W 4.2 x D 0.6
- ivory (material)
- Ivory
Contributors
- Unknown
Creator
- Unknown
Subject
- Medieval (European)
- Reading culture (devotional)
- WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Garden of Eden
- Adam and Eve
- Middle Ages
Type of item
- IMAGE
- religious art
- religious art
Date
- 14th century
- 14th century
- 13XX
- 14th century
Medium
- Ivory
- H 6.6 x W 4.2 x D 0.6
- ivory (material)
- Ivory
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- c.1300 - c.1399
Temporal
- 14th century
- 14th century
- 13XX
- 14th century
Places
- http://sws.geonames.org/3017382/
Source
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/6b2cd12a-558f-3b2c-abb1-624e9bc44029/?s%3DHCM+086&pos=1
Identifier
- #1v53zp493
Format
- image
Is part of
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: newly digitised item
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-06-24T14:46:24.472Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-06-24T14:47:54.187Z